Manitoba got things started quickly in the game, as Frykas scored her first of the game at 3:50 of the
first. Meghan Dufault (Winnipeg, MB/Balmoral Hall Blazers), the youngest player in this tournament at 14,
took a shot from the point with her team on a 5-on-3 power play. Frykas buzzed around the net and jammed in
the rebound.

“It’s important getting the first goal of the game because it gets out team momentum and a bit of jump,”
Frykas said following the game.

Manitoba took a 2-0 lead Bestland’s goal in the second and then made it 3-0 early in the third when Frykas
sniped her second of the game. Alberta got on the board at 7:41 when Jenna Klynstra (Edmonton, AB/Edmonton
Thunder, AFFMHL) scored. Bosc finished the scoring at 12:36.

Manitoba will await the remainder of Friday’s results to see where it finishes in Group B and which team
it will face in the semi-final.

Manitoba is one of the youngest teams at this tournament and includes a number of players born in 1992,
1993 and 1994. The event is for players born in 1991 or later. Frykas said her club took some time to get
going but now the team is hitting its stride.

“It’s good. The girls got the nerves out in the first game,” said Frykas. “Now we’re showing what we can
do as a small province.”

Manitoba won bronze at the 2007 National Women’s Under-18 Championship.